No 32-bit Oracle client available

[dale2k9]

On our Citrix servers we do not have 32-bit Oracle available and our Citrix team has no plans to add 32-bit Oracle client. This means I cannot use PL/SQL Developer when working remotely. When will there be a version available that does not require 32-bit Oracle client to be installed?

Thanks,

Dale

 

[Marco Kalter]

We'll have a 64 Bit version of PL/SQL Developer 11.0 available later this year. A 32 Bit version of PL/SQL Developer 11.0 is currently in beta.

Note that you can provide a 32 Bit Instant Client in the PL/SQL Developer installation directory. Just create an InstantClient subdirectory in the PL/SQL Developer installation directory and copy a 32 Bit Instant Client into this subdirectory. PL/SQL Developer will automatically pick it up. It may subsequently be necessary to define TNS_ADMIN and NLS_LANG settings.

 

[dale2k9]

Thanks, Marco. I tried this fix today and it still did not work. I created the InstantClient folder in the same directory as the PL/SQL Developer executable. I copied the client folders/files directly into the InstantClient folder:

P:\PLSQL Developer\InstantClient

plsqldev.exe is in PLSQL Developer and OCI.DLL is in InstantClient. The error message is still that it cannot initialize oci.dll. It found the file in my 64-bit Orahome (set by my Citrix team; I can't change it) and it did not find or use the 32-bit oci.dll in InstantClient.

Is there anything else I'm missing?

Dale

 

[Marco Kalter]

Did you download and unzip the 32 Bit Oracle Instant Client from the Oracle web site into the InstantClient directory?

It can be downloaded here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/winsoft-085727.html

 

[dale2k9]

Marco,
I did download and install the client. I tried to explain the folder structure above; sorry if it isn't clear. The instant client files root are directly in the InstantClient folder which is directly in the root PLSQL Developer folder.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you go to Help > Support Info, press the 'Copy all pages' button on this info screen, and paste this text into an e-mail reply?